Fulminant hepatic failure in a newborn with herpes simplex virus 2 infection
✍ Scribed by Sascha Meyer; Gisela Enders; Ali Baghai; Günther Löffler; Ludwig Gortner; Sven Gottschling
- Book ID
- 106120904
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 164
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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